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A person with short blonde hair wears a dress and a large cape made of colourful feathers. They are posed against a backdrop of an illustration featuring various tropical birds and foliage.

Fashion designer Masha Reva wows us these flamboyant camouflaged designs

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Date
8 June 2012

The camouflage look, outside of when it’s actually supposed be used (i.e. the army), rarely works. Memories of bad music videos in the early 2000s with gyrating army printed mini-skirts and bikinis camouflaging nothing at all have sullied the idea massively for me. But never have I seen camouflage as beautiful as this! These wonderful clothes made by Kiev-based designer Masha Reva are exquisite with flamboyant sleeves and slick cuts. They blend seamlessly against elaborate and impressive backgrounds of delicate florals, close-up insects and intricate polka dots, gracefully tip-toeing the line between fashion and art.

Photographed by Synchrodogs, it perfectly encapsulates the collision between the artificial and the natural by bombarding us with patterns and textures galore.This visual treat is Masha’s comment on how we’ve become so overloaded with information we’re constantly merging and overlaying this visual feed into our virtual selves so much so it’s trickling into reality.

Both the concept and execution are brilliant and it’s interesting to see so much consideration behind a fashion project, but it’s seems this is intrinsic to Masha’s process through experimentation and playing with materials. It’s exciting, bold and with this sort of imagery being produced, it’s an approach to be admired.

A person stands against a red background covered in a dense pattern of black dots. They wear a matching red and black dotted jumpsuit and black boots.
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Masha Reva: Merging

A person wearing a red floral outfit and a matching head covering sits against a floral wallpaper backdrop. They look directly at the camera, with a large, dark red fabric flower resting on the floral surface in front of them.
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Masha Reva: Merging

A person wearing a sculptural, ruffled white garment stands against a backdrop of monochromatic coral formations. They tilt their head back with eyes closed, blending into the organic, flowing shapes of the environment.
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Masha Reva: Merging

A person in profile wears an elaborate, sculptural headpiece and a patterned garment. They stand against a backdrop of a detailed illustration featuring organic, ribbed forms and branching structures.
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Masha Reva: Merging

A collage of a person wearing a tall, conical black hat and a yellow patterned garment. They are set against a dense, botanical background of oversized plants and orange flowers.
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Masha Reva: Merging

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Rebecca Fulleylove

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Rebecca Fulleylove is a freelance writer and editor specialising in art, design and culture. She is also senior writer at Creative Review, having previously worked at Elephant, Google Arts & Culture, and It’s Nice That.

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